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Yandex, a major Russian technology company, reported that its data center in Vladimir was shut down after sustaining damage from a drone attack. No injuries were reported, but several of Yandex's services became unavailable as emergency services responded and the company assessed the extent of the damage. This incident is part of a series of cyber-related attacks on technology infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides targeting each other’s data centers over the past week.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 8, Ukrainian drones attacked a major data center owned by Russian tech giant Yandex in Sasovo, Ryazan region. The attack caused significant damage and fires, forcing the company to suspend operations at that site completely. A day earlier, another of Yandex's data centers in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, was also struck by Ukrainian drones, partially disabling its infrastructure.
Yandex operates several critical AI supercomputers, including two out of three located in Sasovo. The strikes came after weeks of Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centers and represent a shift toward targeting Russia's technology infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that these attacks aim to disrupt Moscow’s war machine by hitting its revenue streams.
Following the attacks, Yandex experienced issues with electricity supply in one zone and advised customers to use other zones for their services. The company stressed that core consumer services were not affected but warned of potential disruptions due to ongoing repairs.
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A Russian data centre run by technology and AI company Yandex has been shut down after it was hit in a drone attack.
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it → run → attack
No injuries were reported in the attack on the facility in the city of Vladimir, east of the capital, Moscow, the company said on Sunday.
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company → report → Sunday
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Russia → turn → system
Emergency services were at the site and several of Yandex’s services were unavailable to users, the company said, as it evaluated ways to restore its systems.
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it → say → systems
“Operations at the data centre have been completely suspended,” Yandex said in a service alert on Telegram, advising users to activate disaster-recovery plans as the platform operated in emergency mode.
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platform → suspend → mode
“The remaining resource configuration is considered unstable,” it added, warning that technical support communications could also be disrupted as teams assessed the damage.
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teams → remain → damage
It is the third attack on the company’s data centres in the last week, as Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate attacks on each other’s technology infrastructure.
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Russia → continue → infrastructure
On Friday, Yandex, which is heavily involved in Russia’s AI development and is sometimes referred to as “Russia’s Google”, said its data centre in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow was struck by Ukrainian drones and partly put out of action.
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centre → involve → action
A day earlier, a Ukrainian attack shut down Yandex’s data hub in Sasovo, southeast of Moscow, where two of the three supercomputers used to develop the company’s AI model are housed.
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two → shut → model
“We always respond in mirror-like fashion,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, following the Sasovo strike.
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Zelenskyy → respond → strike
“You all know, they have been hitting and continue to hit our data centres.
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they → know → centres
We are responding.
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We → respond → ?
I can’t share all the details.”
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I → share → details
Russia has struck several Ukrainian data centres and telecommunications infrastructure facilities over the past month, including targets in central Kyiv, in an apparent effort to disrupt the country’s connectivity and digital commerce.
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Russia → strike → connectivity
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